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- William Blake
1757-1827
born: London, England, United Kingdom ; died: London, England, United Kingdom
- Job and His Daughters, 1823-1826
- Illustrations of 'The Book of Job', plate 20
- engraving
- Paper Type: wove
- Image Dimensions Height/Width: 203 x 154 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions: 210 x 165 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width: 8 x 6 1/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 in - Bequest of George and Annette Cross Murphy
- Not on display
- 1989.0161
- William Blake
- Open page with bookmarkable url
- Multimedia
- Description
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Bearded figure with outstretched arms; three women sit on the floor to surround him. The image is encased with a decorative border design. Central image of Job speaking to his three daughters with murals of past occurrences (the slaying of his servants, a ploughman, and God's appearance to him, his wife and friends) behing the group. A border includes quotes from Psalms, vines, loving angels, and musical instruments.

